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Old May 11, 2014, 01:29 PM
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The same place more than once

I'm a very weak spanish speaker but I try my best. So for an assignment I am struggling with saying somethings. One in particular is this: He painted the same place more than once. Would it be Él Pintó el mismo lugar más que una vez? Please help me soon, thanks
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Old May 11, 2014, 01:51 PM
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Él Pintó (Check your use of capital letters) el mismo lugar más que (A preposition is needed instead*) una vez.
*For examples and explanations you can take a look here and here.
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Old May 11, 2014, 02:04 PM
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So then would it be: Él pintó el mismo lugar más de una vez.
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Old May 11, 2014, 02:18 PM
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So then would it be: Él pintó el mismo lugar más de una vez.

Yes, and "él" is not strictly necessary.

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Old May 11, 2014, 02:21 PM
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Thank you both so much
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Old June 07, 2014, 03:23 PM
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I wanted to bring this up again to ask, what tense would I use? The imperfect or just as I have it: the preterit?
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Old June 07, 2014, 03:34 PM
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The tense you used is a correct translation of what you said in English. The imperfect tense would change the meaning.
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hmmm that would depend on more context. Right?

Same thing in English.
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What would the meaning be if I used the Imperfect? also would this sentence be correct if I use the imperfect: Algunos de sus amigos eran...

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Old June 07, 2014, 05:44 PM
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Yes. It would be OK. But it would depend on the context to use one or the other....just like in your first question in this thread.

What's your native language?
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